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Principal Advisor (Centre for Social Sector Development)

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Shri Madan MohanUpadhyay is from 1981 batch of Madhya Pradesh cadre. He has done B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc Chemistry from St.Stephen’s College, Delhi University and subsequently did LL B and MBA. He has over three decades of experience in different areas of social sector. Apart from having served as the District Magistrate of five districts and Divisional Commissioner at Bilaspur and Jabalpur, he has been the Secretary/Principal Secretary/Additional Chief Secretary in, Health and Family Welfare, Medical education, School Education, SC/ST Welfare, Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry departments. He has steered many policy level studies, ranging from participative organizational development model to mobile hospitals. The most notable innovations done by him are Optical image scanners in PEB, Janani Express, 108 Ambulance services, and Yantradoot village, Mega custom hiring centers in agriculture and Concurrent monthly audit in Health and School Education departments.

He is an alumnus of Harvard University. He possesses an in-depth understanding of the health and agriculture sectors. With his background of law, he is adept in the legal issues as well. The state of Madhya Pradesh was awarded Krishi Karman award for the stupendous efforts of the team in agriculture and allied sectors in increasing agricultural productivity of the state. His innovations in the field of maternal health resulted in CAPAM innovation certificate at Barbados in 2008. Mr. Upadhayay introduced online seed certification procedure, making the state of MP a leader in this area. The Certification Agency received the Manthan award for South Asia and Pacific region (2015) for the same.

He has written several books on Leadership, Work Place Management, Local folklore and local history. Before joining the AIGGPA, he was chairman of the Professional Exam Board.